Jacquelyn Abbott, soprano

Upcoming Performances

Georges Bizet’s Carmen in September 2024.

Jacquelyn Abbott as Frasquita

Biography

DR. JACQUELYN MOURITSEN ABBOTT, soprano, has loved singing from a very young age and began her vocal training not far from here in Kaysville, Utah. As she was pursuing an undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders at BYU, she felt singing was her true calling and went on to receive a master’s degree in Vocal Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music and has recently graduated as Doctor of Music in Voice Performance with distinction from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

Jacquelyn has enjoyed teaching voice lessons and music classes at Utah State University in Logan, Utah; the Festival Conservatory in Logan, Utah, the International School of Music in Maryland; Music on the Hill in Washington, DC; Olmsted Performing Arts and Warren Henry Music in Ohio; as well as her own private studios in Maryland, Utah, and Indiana.

In addition to teaching, Jacquelyn enjoys singing and directing opera. She most recently performed in the ensemble of Carmen at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. At the Miami Music Festival (MMF), Jacquelyn directed a double bill of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Menotti’s The Medium, directed selections from Handel’s Radamisto, and served as associate director for John Corigliano’s Ghosts of Versailles. At MMF Jacquelyn also taught master classes, and classes in acting, stage movement, and audition preparation.

In her spare time, Jacquelyn enjoys rock climbing and the culinary arts.

She met Marc Abbott in 2017, married him in 2019, and they’ve been singing together ever since.

Education

• April 2019 - December 2020 - Private Vocal Studies, Dr. Harry Dunstan, American Center for Puccini Studies, Derwood, Maryland.
• April, 2020 - Doctor of Music, Vocal Performance with Distinction, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
• May, 2012 - Master of Music, Vocal Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio.
• August, 2010 - Bachelor of Science - Summa Cum Laude, Communications Disorders, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Voice Teaching

Stage Director

Director

Assistant/Associate Director

Assistant to the Director

Opera and Musical Theatre Roles

Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre is noted here as UFOMT

Reimagining Opera for Kids is noted here as ROK

Great Lakes Light Opera is noted here as GLLO

Theater Roles

Selected Arias

Publications

• Dissertation - “Short Operas for Educational Settings: A Production Guide”, Indiana University, April 2020.

Professional Skills

• Acting coaching, audition coaching, singing, teaching, stage makeup, and stage management
• Languages sung in: English, German, Italian, French, Russian, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Ukrainian